16 March 2021

Haussmania


 A Haussmann building with a domed roof commands a corner of a Montmartre street.

13 March 2021

Café Paris

The talk in Paris is that cafés will re-open in mid April.
 And maybe restaurants.

 Above: fresh croissants and hot coffee en terrasse

12 March 2021

Dry run

 
 
Soon after the rain stopped these pompiers left the caserne to get in some exercise.

11 March 2021

8 March 2021

A thousand oaks

  

One thousand hundred-year-old oaks will be felled by the end of this month to rebuild the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris.

Above: the spire through trees before the fire